amplify #38 - Norah Walsh on winning the 2021 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition and Ryan Molloy on his work with traditional music and his new album, 'tempered'

Episode 38 of CMC’s fortnightly podcast features conversations with composer and conductor Norah Walsh, recently announced as the winner of the 2021 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition, and composer, pianist and lecturer Ryan Molloy, whose new album ‘tempered’ for uilleann pipes and piano was released in February.

Show notes

Norah Walsh

• CMC composer page
• Norah Walsh wins Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition
• Peter Sirr (poet)
• Mellow Tonics Choir

Music

• Her (Edel Shannon, Sinead Conway, Norah Walsh)
• The Shoe Box Coffin (Mellow Tonics)

Ryan Molloy

• ryanmolloy.ie
• CMC composer page
• Bandcamp
• Soundcloud

Music

• Gealán - Concerto for Irish Harp and Orchestra (Anne-Marie O’Farrell, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney)
• Sliabh Geal gCua (Alexander Bernstein)
• for Morton O’Leary (Ryan Molloy)
• Gealach Chríoch Lochlann (Danish String Quartet)
• Hop Jigs (Ryan Molloy)
• Easter Snow (slow air) & Sally Gally (jig) (Padraig McGovern, Ryan Molloy)
• The Rocky Road to Dublin & Dusty Miller (hop jigs) (Sheila Friel, Ryan Molloy)
• Luasc (Irish Chamber Orchestra)